>>off maximised, but it insisted on being a resizeable window. Only >>Tony's suggestion to try the 'simalt ~x' worked, but even so, I can see >>it starting out as a "window", then jiggling a bit then filling out to >>fullsize.
>I didn't suggest it. What I suggested was >if has("gui_running") > set guifont=<something> > set lines=99999 columns=99999 >endif >(which worked for me on W98 and on XP, and still does on Linux with kde) in >the vimrc. Someone else suggested ":simalt ~x" which works provided that, in >your locale, the shortcut for "Maximize" in the Alt-Space menu is "x". In a >French version of Windows it would be ":simalt ~g" for instance. Okay, I just assumed you suggested it, being so chock full o' helpful hints. :D Might've been Tim, then. Either way, it worked, and I'm happy.